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Car Heater.

No. 86,255. I Patented lab. 26, 1869 PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER,WASHMGTUN D C W 5mm gaunt out. ,5

CYRUS SMITH, OF H ER M'ON MAINE. otters Patent No. 86,255, dated January26, 1869.

W RAILROAD-CAR HEATER.

The Schedule. referred to in these Letter Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may conce it much above blood-heat, on account of itsposition be- Be it known that I, CYRU SMITH, f H in low the fire, thespace between the fire and the top of the county of Penobscot, StateofMaine, have invented e reservoir, and e' that there 18 110 {meet nanew and improved Stove fo 10ers,- and I do hereb munication betweenfire-box A and reservoir O. This declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact decoustl'uctiomthefl, avoids the Continual gehemiiionof scription thereoi, reference being had to the accompa- Swain; n8n'inst tniin P when the Watenin-nh is nying drawings, in which-- thefire, forheatod air rises.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal ti l section There being no directcommunication from fire-box through line a b of fig. 2. A to thereservoir, there can be no difficulty arising F gure 2 is a transversevertical section through from the ashes falling into the reservoir.Again, the line x 3 of fig. l. influence of top K, on the surface of thewater, pre- The object of my invention to produce a stove for Vents y ll through F by the 'Y J of use in railroad-cars, so constructed as toavoid the danthe Stoveger of conflagration by the upsetting of thestove, when if this Stove, with n fine bu within and ever an accidentoccurs, overturning or partially overthe tank filled p y fiiieii: is tfails turning the car. i upon its side, the water at once forces itsclf,by its own My invention has been suggested to me by the nug t, g thehoins at flooding hhe Whole morons painful accidents which have recentlyoccurred Space P and which; being "P at its p, on various railways,where the uff i dl f lif discharges its contents into S. \Vhon the stovewent and limb have been greatly increased by the eonflagrtv one Oi'iheSiiiins h h ni'lsel'i y its own tion which has ensued from thooverturning of heated g s inns Shutting the funnel-hole that no stoves.water or fuel would, escape therefrom. This action Inventions have beenmade to provide a ain t h is essential, for if funnel. E were leftfi'ee, tl1e danger successive calamities, but they do noteifoctuallyaecomnot be and this (nosing in ii also plish the purposesought. cures a complete flooding of the tire, effectually extin- Gostis not so much of an object, in an invention of e' g this nature, aseii'ectiveness in at once extinguishing The Sliding h run on f oneEnding in the fire in the stove, immediat l 1 1 it p one direction,theother in the other, so that no matter even turning on its side. whichway the stove falls, one or the other slide or Th nat f my i ti consistsin providing valve, by its own weight, slides into place and closesmeans for securely retaining the fire, cinder-s, and coals is thereiinhiiiiil' Oi these slides Ciosihg E within a railroad-car stove, whenused in combination m the 'y i g of the as they run in with a reservoirof water u d th ii -1 and clines, and it requires nearly as much slantof thestove tending beyond the surface of the bottom of the fireto closethem as Wonhi he required to throw the fire box, on all sides, thereservoir so connected with the Ont-0f the box stove that it shall notinterfere with the practical use The H is constructed in any snihl'hinmanner, of the stove in the ordinary manner, but which will with thenecessary p g (haughtempty its contents upon the fire, on the stovebeing There is no ge m explosion when a stove s overturned, eitherwholly or partially, and not only Overturned; {is has been described:for the draught deluge the tire with Water, but that the water shall beholes are sufficientfor the necessary escape of gases retained withinthe enclosure of the firebox, thus comfnrnleii y h heating of theplctely preventing any conflagration, I do not claim any particularconstruction of the In the draWingsbody of my stove, nor a water-tankunder a railroad- A represents fire-box, open at top. car stove; nor doI -claim, broadly, the use of a guard; B, a box, larger than fire-b0,-which h t Over or over the mouth of the collar, as these devices haveencloses A, leaving space, S, on sides, back, and top I y been used; butI of fire-box, but not in front. 7 What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Lotis a tank or reservoir, under the fire-box A and n Patent,cover B, projecting on all sides beyond the surface of The l g Wives hacting in inclines 5 for B, or it may be of same size at bottom surfaceof B. the P p described; in combination with 110K B and is'a grate.reservoir 0, substantially as and for the purposes set E is the funnel.forth.

h It are automatic valves or slides, which move in The reservoir 1conhiiinnieii as desciibedaih inclines L. bination with box B, open-topfire-box A, and sliding K is the top of reservoir 0, valves h h, thewhole constructed and operating sublhis is provided with holes, F, b tfi b A stantially as and for the purposes set forth and de and outsidebox B. i scribed.

m is the valve or water-hole, for supplying the res In testimonywhereof; I have Signed my 113 hie to. crvoir. this specifieati n, in thepresence of two subscribing t is a stop-cock, or any means by whichwater can Witnessesbe withdrawn from the reservoir. Witnesses:

H is the door of the stove. CARROLL D. WRIGHT,

Water contained in reservoir 0 cannot be heated ALEX. N. REDMAN.

oYnos SMITH.

